How Competencies Are Acquired
In most cases, competencies are probably not acquired through specific training. So, how are competencies acquired? Usually the person is thrust into a situation where it is important to succeed [...]
Including Emotional Intelligence Competencies in Competency Models
The definition of a competency that Workitect uses is that it is a “skill, knowledge, or underlying characteristic of an individual, that can be shown to predict superior or [...]
Leadership Development Strategies to Motivate Your Workforce
Leadership is generally known as the social process involving influencing others. The development of great leaders is a systematic process carried out for years and is fundamental for an organization's [...]
Identifying Competencies You Want to Develop
Career Planning: Guide to Self-Assessment From the Competency Development Guide, Chapter 3, Part 1. The Competency Development Guide is the 5th Edition of an easy-to-use, 280-page, 8.5″ x 11″ spiral bound [...]
Include Technical Competencies in Your Competency Library
Many organizations want to include technical competencies, skills, knowledge, in competency models and human resource applications. Off-the-shelf competency libraries and dictionaries for very specific technical specialties are available. Most [...]
Empowering Employees for Growth in Your Organization
One of the best competencies that strengthens the backbone of any organization is ‘Employee Empowerment’. It is about putting confidence and trust in employees’ ability to get the job done [...]
Are Your Homemade Competency Models & Competency Dictionary Half-Baked?
Use a flexible and comprehensive competency dictionary to develop custom competency models. Throughout the years we have been building competency models for organizations, our consultants have spoken with many [...]
Use a Virtual Resource Panel to Build a Competency Model
Building a Competency Model Using a Virtual Resource Panel Purpose of the Virtual Panel: To use when it is impractical to convene a standard resource panel of job incumbents, [...]